After 3 years in the wilderness, Danjuma is now Orange's Hope in Scary Days ( Dutch expression). VI Pro visited Danjuma in warm and smouldering Valencia, where Danjuma lives next…
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This last week, coach Ronald Koeman was in the news, as Barca Chair "finally" sacked the Dutch club legend (and in his wake: Alfred Schreuder and Henke Larsson). Also in…
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This was a good week for Dutch football. I don't want to bore you too much with the co-efficiency ratio discussion ( a battle played out in a spreadsheet, not…
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If all goes well, we only have one more month to wait before we can celebrate our WC ticket for 2022. NT manager Louis van Gaal worked his magic. As…
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Evening matches in De Kuip are a joy. The stadium is big but cosy. The fans love it there and usually, so do the players. It has a real football…
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I think over time I have written thousands of these post match reviews, it feels. Almost on par with the reviews of friendlies, and somehow the Latvia game felt like…
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Trust me, I didn't write this post after Ajax - Besiktas. I started this post a day before. But Berghuis' goal and assist do carry weight of course, considering today's…
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Hi all, I wasn't intending on harping on on the Berghuis topic, but I watched the Studio Voetbal broadcast on Monday, with Rafael van der Vaart and Ibi Afellay and…
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Michels was known to be a burly, surly man. Never a smile. Never a kind word. A disciplinarian. But in his final days as a coach (1988 and 1992) he…
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Hi all, most of you will have noticed some dynamics on the blog... There are some people who seem to want to bag the Dutch attempts to glory by putting…
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It really shows that Van Dijk and Van Hecke need more playing time together, individually great players but man, in…
@Tjeerd, Thank you for posting the link; really good.
Good analysis. Thank you
Found this analysis of the game on the NYT's Athletic. Good read, free link. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7370754/2026/06/20/netherlands-sweden-result-world-cup-gakpo-brobbey/?unlocked_article_code=1.rlA.BC3V.DOzBkx-v3-RS&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
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The biggest change to this team will be the addition of Brobbey. That gives us a focal point in the…